Park Theatre

3812 Park Boulevard,

San Diego,
CA92103

I saw the first theatrical re-release of “The Manchurian Candidate” at the Park, which at the time featured both an external and internal rectangularist decoration scheme in the mode of the modern artist Piet Mondrian. Very ‘50’s modern.

The San Diego Egyptian facade (in slightly streamlined form) is being retained for a condominium development being completed on Park Boulevard. There is a clear and large artist’s rendering of the building available on the following link……

This theater was also called the “Fox Egyptian” during the 1930s. It was a beautiful theater even in it’s last remodelling. The theater was broad and wide. It was outfitted with Todd-A-O for “Around the World in 80 Days” in 1954. There are several Egyptian themed apartment buildings in the area built in the 1920s, and this was the focal point of the street. A small part of it’s facade, so much a part of the neighborhood landscape, is being kept for the new condominium project.